1996 in Fighting Network Rings

{{Year in UFC

|name = 1996 in Fighting Network Rings

|image =

|image_size = 176px

|first_date = January 24, 1996

|last_date = October 25, 1996

|total_events = 4

|total_fights = 29

|title_fights =

|preceded_by = 1995 in RINGS

|followed_by = 1997 in RINGS

}}

The year 1996 is the second year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 1996 Fighting Network Rings held four events beginning with, Rings: Budokan Hall 1996.

Events list

class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:90%;"
scope="col" \| # ! scope="col" \| Event Title ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Arena ! scope="col" \| Location
align=center\| 7 \| Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round \| {{dts\|1996\|October\|25}} \| \|
align=center\| 6 \| Rings: Maelstrom 6 \| {{dts\|1996\|August\|24}} \| \| Japan
align=center\| 5 \| Rings Holland: Kings of Martial Arts \| {{dts\|1996\|February\|18}} \| Sport Hall Zuid \| Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
align=center\| 4 \| Rings: Budokan Hall 1996 \| {{dts\|1996\|January\|24}} \| Budokan Hall \| Tokyo, Japan

class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:90%;"

scope="col" | #

! scope="col" | Event Title

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Arena

! scope="col" | Location

align=center| 7

| Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round

| {{dts|1996|October|25}}

align=center| 6

| Rings: Maelstrom 6

| {{dts|1996|August|24}}

| Japan

align=center| 5

| Rings Holland: Kings of Martial Arts

| {{dts|1996|February|18}}

| Sport Hall Zuid

| Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

align=center| 4

| Rings: Budokan Hall 1996

| {{dts|1996|January|24}}

| Budokan Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

Rings: Budokan Hall 1996

Rings: Budokan Hall 1996{{Cite web|title=Rings - Budokan Hall 1996 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Budokan-Hall-1996-7286 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430153601/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Budokan-Hall-1996-7286 |archivedate=April 30, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on January 24, 1996, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Akira Maeda

| def.

| Yoshihisa Yamamoto

| Submission

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Hans Nijman

| def.

| Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov

| TKO

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Tsuyoshi Kosaka

| def.

| Maurice Smith

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Mitsuya Nagai

| def.

| Tony Halme

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Chris Haseman

| def.

| Willie Peeters

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Mikhail Ilyukhin

| def.

| Wataru Sakata

}}

Rings Holland: Kings of Martial Arts

Rings Holland: Kings of Martial Arts{{Cite web|title=Rings Holland - Kings of Martial Arts |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Holland-Kings-of-Martial-Arts-960 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512192603/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Holland-Kings-of-Martial-Arts-960 |archivedate=May 12, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on February 18, 1996, at Sport Hall Zuid in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Dick Vrij

| def.

| Hubert Numrich

| Submission (Forearm Choke)

| 1

| 1:48

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Lee Hasdell

| vs.

| Andre Mannaart

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Hans Nijman

| def.

| Allen Harris

| Submission (Guillotine Choke)

| 2

| 1:30

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Bob Schrijber

| def.

| Emil Kristev

| Submission (Guillotine Choke)

| 1

| 4:09

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Tsuyoshi Kosaka

| def.

| Willie Peeters

| Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)

| 2

| 0:12

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Mitsuya Nagai

| def.

| Ruud Ewoldt

| TKO (Retirement)

| 1

| 2:12

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Michael Tielrooy

| def.

| Edwin Gertenbach

| KO (Palm Strike)

| 1

| 4:58

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Jimmy Portier

| def.

| John Benner

| KO (Palm Strike)

| 1

| 2:15

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Valentijn Overeem

| def.

| Tjerk Vermanen

| Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)

| 1

| 3:06

}}

Rings: Maelstrom 6

Rings: Maelstrom 6{{Cite web|title=Rings - Maelstrom 6 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Maelstrom-6-610 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512195731/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Maelstrom-6-610 |archivedate=May 12, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on August 24, 1996, in Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Ricardo Morais

| def.

| Yoshihisa Yamamoto

| KO (Punches)

| 1

| 0:46

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Adilson Lima

| def.

| Mikhail Ilyukhin

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 24:52

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov

| def.

| Tsuyoshi Kosaka

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 13:52

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Mitsuya Nagai

| def.

| Dick Vrij

| Submission (Heel Hook)

| 1

| 6:16

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Kiyoshi Tamura

| def.

| Maurice Smith

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 10:58

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masayuki Naruse

| def.

| Egan Inoue

| Disqualification

| 1

| 11:51

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Willie Peeters

| def.

| Wataru Sakata

| Submission (Neck Lock)

| 1

| 18:31

}}

Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round

Rings: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round{{Cite web|title=Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Battle-Dimensions-Tournament-1996-Opening-Round-6530 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726062726/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Rings-Battle-Dimensions-Tournament-1996-Opening-Round-6530 |archivedate=July 26, 2008 |url-status=live }} was an event held on October 25, 1996.